myEtymology.com: French etymology of receptour

Etymology of the French word receptour

the Old French word receptour

derived from the Latin word receptor (receiver, shelterer; concealer)

derived from the Latin word recipere (to take back, receive; keep back; recover; undertake; record)

derived from the Late Latin word capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-

using the Latin prefix re-

Word found in Old French